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Bishop Barron, Father Mike Schmitz to speak at Trump event rededicating U.S. to God

Catholic speakers for the May 17 event on the National Mall include Bishop Robert Barron, Father Mike Schmitz, and actor Jonathan Roumie. Cardinal Timothy Dolan is set to offer a video address.

Teens sidestep parental notification through telehealth abortion, study shows

Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news.

California to pay $4.5 million to Catholic law firm after losing lawsuit over gender secrecy rules

The state committed “litigation intransigence” in fighting a lawsuit over policies that blocked parents from learning about their children’s transgender identities, a federal judge ruled.

German cardinal tells priests: Communion services cannot replace Sunday Mass

The archbishop of Cologne in Germany used his chrism Mass homily to call priests back to offering the daily Eucharist and warn against replacing Sunday Mass with word services.

NASA’s Artemis II begins Easter week mission around the moon

More than half a century after humans last traveled beyond Earth’s orbit, a new NASA project for lunar exploration has begun, marking a historic day in the United States.

Irish soccer legend Roy Keane pays tribute to late mother and upbringing at funeral Mass

Speaking lovingly of his parents and his Catholic upbringing in Ireland, Keane paid tribute to his mother and the virtues he was raised with in Cork City, Ireland.

New CEO of Catholic AI group hopes members will be Pope Leo’s ‘soldiers’

Builders AI Forum (BAIF) held its first conference at the Vatican in November 2025 and now hopes to be part of advancing Pope Leo XIV’s mission on artificial intelligence.

Catholics allege bias after public Islamic prayer praised, silent Christian prayer punished

Catholic activists have complained of “persecution” and “a clear bias against Christianity” in a controversy over public prayer in the U.K. following an outdoor Islamic prayer service in London.

Here’s what the Holy Thursday Seven Churches Visitation devotion is all about

The devotion involves traveling to seven local churches after the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on the evening of Holy Thursday.

Trump vows to hit Iran ‘extremely hard’ amid Catholic calls for peace

President Trump’s first address on the Iran war signaled continued military action, as Catholic leaders called for dialogue and a ceasefire.